Wanted Quotes

I wanted to make noise, not study theory.

Years ago I wanted to buy an apartment in New York City. I was a single female - I had gone through my divorce - I had three children, I was in show business and black. It was, like, impossible.

It took us three years to build the NeXT computer. If we'd given customers what they said they wanted, we'd have built a computer they'd have been happy with a year after we spoke to them - not something they'd want now.

I wanted to make youthful, irreverent anthems. Parents might not get it, but kids would.

I'd wanted to be an actor from the age of five.

Some people make a career out of doing one thing, but I wanted to diversify my body of work.

I may have my personal political thing, but we never wanted it to stain the show.

My first real kiss came when I was 10, and it was in an acting class. I had to do a scene from a movie where someone gets kissed under a tree, and I did not want to do it! But my acting partner wanted me to feel comfortable, so he bought a picnic basket with all these snacks. He made such an effort - and it was cute.

I got married because I fell in love with this woman. I had a baby with her because we wanted to have children. But that's not because of some philosophical ideal at all, no.

I really wanted to do research. That has never changed.

It was always sort of my dream to make handbags and I wanted a handbag that was very sharp, very structured, very tailored... I wanted a bag you could put all of your things in it, you can open it, you could close it, you could hid all your tricks, but it's not all lumpy.

We wanted it more live and raw. We didn't want a studio sound.

Army life was rough. Would you believe it, they actually wanted me to pitch three times a week.

My Daddy liked physical fitness and wanted me to be a prizefighter.

I always wanted to get into politics, but I was never light enough to make the team.

I spent a lot of my childhood in my own head, making up stories. I didn't have a lot of outside influences, so I was able to make my own decisions about what I wanted to do.

The silence was part of the story I wanted to tell.

I wouldn't have wanted to miss the opportunity to make those three films that didn't do well. They were really important to me, and the things I learned doing them were important to me.

Here I was into astronomy, and here into anthropology, and there I go into geology. It was much more fun to be able to research and write about whatever I wanted to.

Romania and Bulgaria were particularly irresponsible. If they wanted to diminish their chances of joining Europe they could not have found a better way.

I grew up in Colorado - went back there, tried to heal myself and grow and learn, then got a call that David Lynch wanted me to fly back to Seattle so he could meet me for Twin Peaks.

Even in high school, I'd tell my mom I was sick of swimming and wanted to try to play golf. She wasn't too happy. She'd say, 'Think about this.' And I'd always end up getting back in the pool.

I wanted to create jobs and create something that had a very longstanding world-changing effect. We were close. We were close to getting there. It just fell apart.

When I wrote 'Barefoot in Paris,' I wanted to make simple recipes that you could make at home that tasted like French classics.

I wanted to be a painter.

I always wanted the fairy tale, but now I want someone who is a great partner.

When I was 15, I decided I wanted to be a lawyer. No one thought this was a good idea.

I never said I wanted to be around for a long time. I always said I wanted to be here for a good time.

Directing a film was something I was yearning to do. I always wanted to see if I had the capacity to be a good storyteller.

Lacey said if he wanted to read a daily or regular critiques of the Bush administration, he would read the New York Times, and that's not what he wanted in the Village Voice.